ATLANTA — It's a common threat on sunny days, lurking in the water. Rip currents account for over 75 fatalities in the United States each year. As many Georgians head to the beaches this summer, it's ...

A teenager swimming at a beach in Palm Beach County on April 12 died after being caught in a rip current. Rip currents claim dozens of lives annually in the United States. A 17-year-old boy died ...

A string of recent drownings from rip currents at beaches filled with summer revelers has raised concerns about the potentially deadly natural phenomenon. In Florida, a Pennsylvania couple who ...

This week, from April 27 to May 3, marks the first Carolinas Rip Current Awareness Week — a time dedicated to educating beachgoers about the dangers of rip currents and how to stay safe along ...

A Florida shark fisherman is credited with saving a teenage girl trapped in a rip current — but he never stepped foot in the water. Instead, he used his drone to get a flotation device out to ...

A Halifax, Massachusetts Army veteran and football coach is being remembered as a hero after family members say he drowned while saving his son and niece from a rip current on a Florida beach.

Florida shark fisherman Andrew Smith rescued a teenage girl minutes after she got swept up by a rip current Florida shark fisherman Andrew Smith spontaneously decided to go fishing at Pensacola ...